Concordia College - White and Blue Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Resume of the Season Backed by a throng of cheering students, the White and Blue opened its season on Dec. 3 with a victory over the husky Milwaukee School of Engineer- ing quintette. The final score was 41 to 12. Our Blues outclassed the En- gineers in every department of the game. They sank baskets from all angles of the floor, and though the losers fought back gamely, they were unable to stem our rushing attack. Because of the stellar guarding of HJam Jehn and Doug Spaeth, the Engineers were able to garner only five baskets throughout the entire game. ttLen Thalacker was easily the outstanding star of the evening, sinking nine baskets and a free throw. The following Saturday, Dec. 10, found the Blues pitted against the strong Y. M. C. A. Red Triangles at the Y. gymnasium. The first half proved to be a nip and tuck affair, neither team being ahead at any time by more than two baskets. The game was under way about four minutes before any scoring was done on either side. HSandyi' Wenz finally broke the ice by sinking a free throw. The Triangles then came to life and scored three baskets in rapid order. But our battlers came right back, dropping two short ones through the hoop. At the intermission the Blues were trailing by four points, the score being 14 to 10. In the second half, however, our defense went to pieces. The Triangles broke through and scored almost at will, and when the final gun sounded, the Blues found themselves on the short end of a 33 to 15 score. On Dec. 16 the Blues lost one of the most exciting games of the season to the fast Mission House College five of Plymouth, Wis. The game was so close that it required an overtime period to determine the victor. The game was barely under way when ttDougt1 Spaeth sank one from HNo Manis Land. Wenz followed up with a short one. But the '1Upstaters could not be shoved into the background so easily. Sherry, their rangy forward, sank two shots in succession from the middle of the Iioor. The score then see-sawed. When the half ended, Mission House was leading 12 to 8. The second half found both teams fighting fiercely for the lead. As the game was drawing to a close the Blues were clinging desperately to a two-point lead. Only a few seconds now remained. The referee tossed up the ball, Sherry grabbed it, shot, and made the basket. In the overtime period the Blues were unable to find the hoop for a single counter and were therefore obliged to content themselves with a 34 to 32 defeat. On Jan. 7 our squad received a severe lacing at the hands of the Mil- waukee Normal quint. The HTeachersH ran our defense ragged, piling up a 25 to 8 lead in the first half. The Blues tightened up in the third quarter, scoring eight points to the HTeachers' thirteen. But the final period saw Coach Murray's tossers again on the rampage. They sank five baskets in a row. Final score: 52 to 21. On Jan. 14 the White and Blue tossers again took the School of En- gineering into camp, this time handing them a 39 to 18 trimming. The following Saturday, Jan. 21, the Blues, together with a bunch of loyal rooters, traveled to Watertown, Wis., there to take on the fast North- western College quint. The game was barely under way when Wenz dropped one through the netting from the center of the tioor. On the next play he E701

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. 0 ONE DRM A THE VARSITY Basketball As soon as the baseball season had run its course, Coach Spaeth issued a call for basketeers. His call was answered by some twenty-iive or thirty aspirants. After weeks of strenuous practice, the following men were chosen to represent Concordia on the varsity: Keiper, Thalacker, Krause, and Barth, forwards; Wenz and Boelter, centers; Spaeth, Jehn, Oldsen, and Wuerffel, guards. Since the team consisted mostly of veterans, a banner season was looked forward to. But, sad to relate, our hopes were not realized. The result of the season's games showed three victories against nine defeats. l693

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again netted the ball, this time a ditiicult one-handed shot from the corner. But this lead was short-lived. While our warriors could no longer find the hoop, the HGoslings were scoring at will, and at the intermission they were leading 21 to 10. In the second half we were completely outclassed. The op- ponents had everything their own way. Score: 52 to 18. On Jan. 28, the Blues were obliged to swallow the bitter pill of defeat for the second time at the hands of the Y. M. C. A. Red Triangles. Our gallants put forth every ounce of their energy, but they were unable to stop the Y., especially Arnold, the Trianglesi star sharpshooter. He literally won the contest for them, scoring sixteen of their twenty-eight points. The high point-getter of our side was Thalacker, being credited with three baskets. Score: 28 to 15. Feb. 4 found the Mission House College quint again invading our terri- tory, Having lost the previous battle with them by practically a hair's breadth, the Blues took the fioor determined not to allow such a thing to happen again. For three quarters of the game it was a bitter and close struggle. In the last quarter however. the opponents flashed such a dazzling offense that our per- formers were completely bewildered. The result was that we again held the short end of the rope, the score this time being 58 to 29. The following Saturday, Feb. 11, our Blues stacked up against Con- cordia Teachers' College at River Forest, Ill. Beyond the shadow of a doubt the game was one of the most intensely exciting contests ever staged in the iiTeachersi i' gym. The teams were evenly matched and a merry tussle fol- lowed. It was a neck and neck struggle from start to finish. The lead changed hands constantly. The end of the first half found the Teachers one point to the good, the score being 14 to 13. In the second half the battle for the lead continued as in the first. At the final gunshot the score stood at 28-all, and an overtime period was again necessary. During these five minutes our braves were unable to do anything in the line of scoring, while the itForesters'I on the other hand collected three field goals. The final score was 34 to 28. A tough battle to lose! The next game was staged at the A. L. A. gymnasium, where our forces were pitted against the Northwestern five of Watertown in a return game. The Goslingsi crack forwards, Zilz and Rosenhauer, piled up points with clock-like regularity. The latter had seven field goals to his credit already at the end of the first half. The Blues seemed to be off color in the art of sinking baskets, for they got only five throughout the entire contest, and so the opponents carried 011' a 41 to 16 victory. On March 10 the Blues won in a fairly easy engagement with the Wis- consin University Extension quint. The game proved to be a rather rough- and-tumble affair, as the scorebook showed twenty-eighe fouls. Final score: 25 to 19. On March 16, the Blues took the floor against Concordia Teachers' Col- lege for the last game of the season . The contest was again staged at River Forest. Our lads got away in a flying start and gathered five points before the opponents were fully aware of it. However, the Teachers pulled them- selves together in a hurry and soon passed us. They continued on their ram- page in the second half, dropping the ball through the netting at almost regu- lar intervals. And so our gallant warriors were again forced to bow their heads in defeat. Score: 30 to 17.